Category: 1. Palestine

Bhopal, India – In January this year in Ujjain, a city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, authorities bulldozed nearly 250 properties, including homes, shops and a century-old mosque, to clear a sprawling 2.1 hectares (5.27 acres) of land.

The land belonged to the Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board. Derived from Arabic, “waqf” refers to moveable or immoveable properties – mosques, schools, graveyards, orphanages, hospitals and even vacant plots – donated by Muslims for religious…

Company says it is ‘grateful’ to Chinese authorities for releasing local staff after two years in detention.

China has released five staff of the due diligence firm Mintz Group after nearly two years in detention, the United States-based company has said.

Chinese authorities detained the five local staff in March 2023, marking the start of a series of raids on foreign consultancy and due diligence firms, including Bain & Company and Capvision Partners.

China’s National Bureau of…

UN Secretary-General makes ‘difficult decision’ to withdraw 30 percent of foreign staff from Gaza amid Israeli attacks.

The United Nations has announced that it will be reducing the size of its international team on the ground in Gaza after renewed attacks on the Palestinian territory by Israeli forces killed hundreds of civilians, including UN personnel.

UN spokesperson Stephan Dujarric said in a news briefing on Monday that approximately 30 of the UN’s 100 or so international staff…

Thousand of people felt the quake in New Zealand with local media reporting buildings swaying and items falling from shelves.

People living in coastal areas have been warned to get out of the water and move away from beaches after a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand’s South Island, authorities said.

Residents of the Southland and Fiordland regions should stay away from marine areas as strong and unusual currents may present a danger, the National Emergency Management…

A 14-year-old was also killed in the attack that killed staff from Russia’s Izvestia newspaper and Zvezda TV channel.

A Ukrainian rocket attack killed six people, including three Russian state media workers, in eastern Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Luhansk region, according to Russian news organisations and officials.

The attack on Monday killed war correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, a journalist from Russia’s main pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper, as well as a camera operator, Andrei Panov,…

The accidental leak of sensitive military information to The Atlantic magazine by senior members of United States President Donald Trump’s administration has provoked a flurry of reactions across Washington, DC.

Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, wrote in an article published on Monday that he was inadvertently added to a group chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal in which senior officials, including US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, discussed upcoming air…

The LA Lakers chances of securing a top two Western Conference playoff spot took another hit with a loss at Orlando.

The Los Angeles Lakers suffered another setback in their NBA playoff push, falling 118-106 to the Orlando Magic, who notched their first home victory since February.

Despite 32 points from Luka Doncic and 24 from LeBron James, the Lakers dropped their third straight game on Monday and at 43-28 are now tied with the Memphis Grizzlies in the battle for fourth place in the Western…

The retired heavyweight athlete has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading no contest to attempted murder.

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to five years in prison for a shooting in 2022 when he chased after the man accused of molesting his son.

Velasquez was sentenced in Santa Clara County, California, on Monday after he pleaded no contest to attempted murder, felony assault and other related gun charges last August for…

These are the key developments on day 1,125 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is the roundup of key events on Tuesday, March 25.

Ceasefire

• United States and Russian officials wrapped up daylong talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday focused on a narrow proposal for a maritime ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow in the Black Sea, allowing the free flow of shipping, part of a diplomatic effort that Washington hopes will help pave the way for broader peace negotiations.
• A White House source said…

Taipei, Taiwan – China’s failure to meet a key carbon emissions target has raised concerns about its ability to achieve carbon neutrality, a potentially decisive factor in global efforts to avert the worst effects of climate change.

China’s carbon intensity – a measurement of carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) – fell 3.4 percent in 2024, missing Beijing’s official target of 3.9 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

China is also behind…